Lower Manhattan: Where New York Was Born
What can anyone say about New York City that has not already been expressed by Hart Crane, Woody Allen, Elizabeth Bishop, Federico García Lorca, Walt Whitman, Lou Reed, Langston Hughes, Martin...
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Most of us have a favorite bridge. That is to say, most everyone has, in his or her mind’s eye, a structure that surpasses all others in the requisite traits: it is technically bold, or admirably...
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The monuments and the museums, the pulsing crowds on Fifth Avenue, opera at the Met and stickball in Spanish Harlem, sardines on the subway and the romantic urban vistas of Central Park: Over the years...
View ArticleLower Manhattan’s Lost Anchors: Remembering the Twin Towers
Say you’ve lived in New York for a while. Fifteen years, twenty years. Maybe your whole life. You’re coming out of the subway, on your way to an appointment, or a party, and you’re a little turned...
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